ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,971, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Method and control device for operating a motor vehicle" was invented by Manuel Karrer (Deggenhausertal, Germany) and Peter Herter (Ravensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The operation of assemblies of the motor vehicle is controlled and/or regulated by taking into account a loss torque of the drivetrain, such that when a defined first operating condition of the motor vehicle is fulfilled, then as a function of a torque of a drive aggregate (1) of the drivetrain, a...